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New York Times, Saturday, July 20, 2013

Author:
Tim Croce
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Down : Need to tan
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Tim Croce

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Croce. Saturday freshness: 67%
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© 2013, The New York Times7/20/13 ( No. 23,265 )
Across
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1993 hit with the lyric "Keep playin' that song all night" : HEYMRDJ
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Credit : ASCRIBE
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Gross, to a toddler : ICKYPOO
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Blue dress wearers : MARINES
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A guillotine is used to remove them : TONSILS
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Good with : ADEPTAT
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Cause for cardiological concern : CLOT
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Something to hop on : LEG
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Not cut, say : ATTEND
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Took to the ground? : HEWED
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Shed material? : PETHAIR
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Friday, e.g. : RIGHTHANDMAN
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Successor to Gibson on "ABC World News" : SAWYER
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It's in general circulation : AIR
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Oriente : ESTE
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Subject for Gregor Mendel : PEA
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Shows some emotion : TEARSUP
40
End up short : OWE
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Ends up short, maybe : ERRS
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Grp. with the motto "Deo vindice" : CSA
44
Seeking : OUTFOR
46
1957 Dell-Vikings hit : COMEGOWITHME
49
Paris Hilton, e.g. : HEIRESS
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[Why me?!] : AARGH
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Area of need : GHETTO
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It's feedable : EGO
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Speaker of the house, perhaps : BOSE
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Famed kicker born with a clubfoot : MIAHAMM
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Fashion designer behind the fragrance Rock Me! : ANNASUI
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Hydrocortisone producer : ADRENAL
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Gets on the line? : REELSIN
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ABC's first color program, with "The" : JETSONS
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Big spinning effort : PRBLITZ
Down
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Tow bar : HITCH
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Place for une faculté : ECOLE
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"See what I'm talkin' about?" : YKNOW
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What often comes with a twist? : MYSTERY
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Sch. with a Hartford campus : RPI
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Sweets : DOLL
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Nez Percé war chief : JOSEPH
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Org. that endorsed Obamacare : AMA
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He hit 106 more home runs than Barry Bonds : SADAHARUOH
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Like "Zorba the Greek" novelist Nikos Kazantzakis : CRETAN
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Concern for a lifeguard : RIPTIDE
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Concerning : INTERMSOF
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Think piece? : BEAN
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Abbr. before a year : ESTD
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Take in more : GETARAISE
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Take in less : DIET
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What you see here : THIS
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Some-holds-barred sport : GRECOROMAN
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Audi model retired in 2005 : ATWO
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"So sweet was ___ so fatal": Othello : NEER
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It may be submitted to an architect : SPEC
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México lead-in : AERO
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Meanie's lack : WARMHEART
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___ speak : ASWE
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Cousin of a jaguarundi : PUMA
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Gets hot : SEETHES
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Infusion aid : TEABALL
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Jordache alternative : GITANO
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Literary son of Jenny Fields : TSGARP
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"Orfeo" composer Luigi : ROSSI
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Wear during re-entry : GSUIT
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It's known for its varieties : HEINZ
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Setting of "Love Me Do": Abbr. : GMAJ
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Need to tan : HIDE
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Standout : ONER
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Real Salt Lake's org. : MLS
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Tortoise's beak : NEB

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